Like a suitcase packed in a rush halfway through a long journey, this strange and thought-provoking issue was put together under the sign of diversity diversity in terms of cultures, countries, gender, politics, styles and art forms (ranging from water colouring to woodcut engraving, VJing and book designing). Margherita Dessanay looks at how the language of film has influenced that of fine art painting, and Astrid Stavro looks at the idea of gender equality in our creative industries (stopping to talk about this with female designers as influential as Paula Scheer, Marieke Stolk of Experimental Jetset and Frith Kerr), while Katya Tylevich travels to Tokyo to find rare material and enjoy unique (and often very surprising) encounters with some of the giants of Japanese visual arts Masoto Nakajo, Kyoji Takahashi, Ryohei Yanagihara, Makoto Saito and Keiichi Tanaami amongst them. With their sharp observations and countless creative miles, Katya and Alexei Tylevich draw a vivid picture of this great heterogeneous megalopolis. Finally, in our last stopover, after an equally unexpected conceptual journey, Adrian Shaughnessy questions art's most fiercely defended dogma: the idea of originality. PART 1: STUDIOS Features interviews and great work by Christine Berrie, Coralie Bickford-Smith, Jonathan Gibbs, Fanette Mellier, Nomoco and Si Scott.PART 2: RESEARCHRESEARCH SUBJECT: Cinematic PaintingMargherita Dessaney looks at how the modern language of film and moving images has transformed the traditional art of painting, while featuring the work of Guillaume Bressons, Andy Denzler, Jeremy Geddes, Nicole Hayden, Tiina Heiska, Joyce Ho, Justin Mortimer and Wayne Toepp.PART 3: DEBATE BEYOND THE GLASS CEILING: AN OPEN DISCUSSIONAstrid Stavro engages in frank discussions on the position of women in our creative industries with influential practitioners Paula Scheer, Frith Kerr, Coralie Bickford-Smith, Apfel, Fanette Mellier, Mia Frostner, Corinne Zellweger, Fanette Mellier, Coralie Bickford-Smith, Lizá Defossez Ramalho (R2), Sonya Dyakova and Marieke Stolk (Experiemental Jetset).PART 4: MEETINGSAstrid Stavro continues her previous discussion, reaching beyond gender to talk to successful/happy collective/couple R2: Lizá Defossez Ramalho & Artur Rebelo. Meanwhile, Natasha Hoare asks Chantal Joffe why she feels more comfortable painting women models rather than men.PART 5: TOKYOKatya Tylevich travels to Tokyo (with her photographer brother and partner in crime Alexei Tylevich) to meet great Tokyo characters such as Mr., Keiji Ito, Namaiki, Ryohei Yanagihara, Makoto Saito, Kyoji Takahashi, Sk8thing (A Bathing Ape), Masaru Ishiura (TGB design), Keiichi Tanaami, Ukawa Naohiro, Hisashi Tenmyouya, Masoto Nakajo.PART 6: Thoughts (Not Final)The myth of originality and the joy of copying by Adrian Shaughnessy.